Touch Podium http://www.touchpodium.com For all things iPhone & iPod Touch Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:55:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Apple Has Another Upcoming Rock and Roll Event at 10AM This Morning http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/09/apple-has-another-upcoming-rock-and-roll-event-tomorrow/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/09/apple-has-another-upcoming-rock-and-roll-event-tomorrow/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:48:55 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/09/apple-has-another-upcoming-rock-and-roll-event-tomorrow/

We do not know anything about the Apple Event that is scheduled to go down later this morning, September 9th, at 10 a.m., but I know as much as you do that it is something we Apple fanatics are pumped to see.

I’m sure that a ton of you that have heard the rumor about an upcoming Apple Tablet are … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/09/apple-has-another-upcoming-rock-and-roll-event-tomorrow/feed/ New iPhone App ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ Locates H1N1 (Swine Flu), Infectious Diseases http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/new-iphone-app-outbreaks-near-me-locates-h1n1-swine-flu-infectious-diseases/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/new-iphone-app-outbreaks-near-me-locates-h1n1-swine-flu-infectious-diseases/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:26:05 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/new-iphone-app-outbreaks-near-me-locates-h1n1-swine-flu-infectious-diseases/


App uses HealthMap technology; allows individuals to track, report local outbreak information.

[Reuters] BOSTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/new-iphone-app-outbreaks-near-me-locates-h1n1-swine-flu-infectious-diseases/feed/ The Competition: Windows Mobile 6.5 Launches Oct. 6 http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/the-competition-windows-mobile-65-launches-oct-6/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/the-competition-windows-mobile-65-launches-oct-6/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:22:06 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/the-competition-windows-mobile-65-launches-oct-6/

Image via The iPhone Blog

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/the-competition-windows-mobile-65-launches-oct-6/feed/ Napster Opts Out of Streaming Application for App Store http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/napster-opts-out-of-streaming-application-for-app-store/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/napster-opts-out-of-streaming-application-for-app-store/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:18:47 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/napster-opts-out-of-streaming-application-for-app-store/


The popular Napster streaming and download music service won’t be coming to Apple’s iPhone via the App Store per a mocoNews report. According to the story, a rep from Napster said the service, which would be offered at Best Buy stores, is not being sent out for Apple approval because of the high licensing fees involved which would force … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/napster-opts-out-of-streaming-application-for-app-store/feed/ Apple, China Mobile Still in Talks Over iPhone Distribution in China http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/apple-china-mobile-still-in-talks-over-iphone-distribution-in-china/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/apple-china-mobile-still-in-talks-over-iphone-distribution-in-china/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:16:26 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/apple-china-mobile-still-in-talks-over-iphone-distribution-in-china/

Wireless carrier China Mobile has confirmed that the company is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom last week announced a distribution deal for the handset.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/apple-china-mobile-still-in-talks-over-iphone-distribution-in-china/feed/ Rockstar Games to Release GTA: Chinatown Wars to iPhone This Fall http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/rockstar-games-to-release-gta-chinatown-wars-to-iphone-this-fall/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/rockstar-games-to-release-gta-chinatown-wars-to-iphone-this-fall/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:12:16 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/rockstar-games-to-release-gta-chinatown-wars-to-iphone-this-fall/


Software developer Rockstar Games announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will arrive for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch handsets later this fall.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/rockstar-games-to-release-gta-chinatown-wars-to-iphone-this-fall/feed/ “We’re Getting F—ed By Apple,” Says iPhone Developer http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/were-getting-f-ed-by-apple-says-iphone-developer/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/were-getting-f-ed-by-apple-says-iphone-developer/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:08:44 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/were-getting-f-ed-by-apple-says-iphone-developer/

While it’s apparent that Apple is at least trying to make its iPhone App platform easier to stomach for developers, the company is still not pleasing everyone.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/were-getting-f-ed-by-apple-says-iphone-developer/feed/ Hilarious iPhone MMS Spoof Ad on YouTube http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/hilarious-iphone-mms-spoof-ad-on-youtube/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/hilarious-iphone-mms-spoof-ad-on-youtube/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:05:07 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/hilarious-iphone-mms-spoof-ad-on-youtube/ This is just pure awesome.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/hilarious-iphone-mms-spoof-ad-on-youtube/feed/ Mac Clone Maker Sues Apple Over Snow Leopard http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/mac-clone-maker-sues-apple-over-snow-leopard/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/mac-clone-maker-sues-apple-over-snow-leopard/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:02:00 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/mac-clone-maker-sues-apple-over-snow-leopard/

Psystar claims it’s just like Microsoft, Google in new antitrust lawsuit filed in Florida.

[ComputerWorld] Mac clone maker Psystar last week sued Apple for a second … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/mac-clone-maker-sues-apple-over-snow-leopard/feed/ What Mac OS X Snow Leopard Means for the Future of the iPhone http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/what-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-means-for-the-future-of-the-iphone/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/what-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-means-for-the-future-of-the-iphone/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:43:02 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/what-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-means-for-the-future-of-the-iphone/

On Friday, Apple shipped Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, their latest computer operating system (which is jailbreaker safe!), and for the first time … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/what-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-means-for-the-future-of-the-iphone/feed/ AT&T Gets a Fuzzy Signal on Apple’s iPhone http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/att-gets-a-fuzzy-signal-on-apples-iphone/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/att-gets-a-fuzzy-signal-on-apples-iphone/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:40:54 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/att-gets-a-fuzzy-signal-on-apples-iphone/

Did AT&T get a sour apple when it snagged the iPhone?

[Wall Street Journal] Maybe. AT&T’s exclusive right to offer Apple’s smart phone over the past two years has attracted new customers, and at least initially enhanced the phone company’s … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/att-gets-a-fuzzy-signal-on-apples-iphone/feed/ Why Jailbreaking Your Own iPhone Can Be Bad News – For You http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/why-jailbreaking-your-own-iphone-can-be-bad-news-%e2%80%93-for-you/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/why-jailbreaking-your-own-iphone-can-be-bad-news-%e2%80%93-for-you/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:38:49 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/why-jailbreaking-your-own-iphone-can-be-bad-news-%e2%80%93-for-you/

Jailbreakers, beware:  Apple would like you just to leave your iPhones alone, thank you very much.  Unless, of course, you feel like buying some new Apps.  Recent word says that the jailbreaking – i.e., the modifying of iPhone software for the sake of upgrades – your iPhone might actually just cause you … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/02/why-jailbreaking-your-own-iphone-can-be-bad-news-%e2%80%93-for-you/feed/ iTunes - Next Gaming Console? http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/itunes-next-gaming-console/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/itunes-next-gaming-console/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:23:55 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/itunes-next-gaming-console/

The concept that most drove the iPhone (and by extension the iPod Touch) above and beyond all smartphones or multimedia players was the ability to purchase and use apps within the device.  While cogitating on this as well as the hypothesized upgrades available in visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/itunes-next-gaming-console/feed/ Three New Apple Retail Stores Opened This Past Weekend http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/three-new-apple-retail-stores-opened-this-past-weekend/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/three-new-apple-retail-stores-opened-this-past-weekend/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:22:37 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/three-new-apple-retail-stores-opened-this-past-weekend/


While all of the attention this weekend was around the launch of Snow Leopard, Apple opened up three new retail stores; two new stores in the US and one in Germany.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/three-new-apple-retail-stores-opened-this-past-weekend/feed/ Apple Says Exploding iPhone’s Not Their Fault http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/apple-says-exploding-iphones-not-their-fault/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/apple-says-exploding-iphones-not-their-fault/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:20:33 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/apple-says-exploding-iphones-not-their-fault/

Apple says it’s not to blame for a series of exploding iPods and iPhones, according to a report published on Friday. The company has been under fire, so to speak, for devices overheating and shattering across Europe and the U.K.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/apple-says-exploding-iphones-not-their-fault/feed/ GPS Nails iPhone Thieves Shopping at Wal-Mart http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/gps-nails-iphone-thieves-shopping-at-wal-mart/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/gps-nails-iphone-thieves-shopping-at-wal-mart/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:18:00 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/gps-nails-iphone-thieves-shopping-at-wal-mart/

[Zdnet] “All right, buddy gimme the iPhone, credit cards and PIN numbers.”

“Yes, sir, here you are.”

“Now, get outta here.”

That was more or less the conversation in the appropriately named Pittsburgh neighborhood of Shadyside, home to an Apple … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/gps-nails-iphone-thieves-shopping-at-wal-mart/feed/ Facebook 3.0.1 for iPhone — With Bug Fixes! — Now in the App Store http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/facebook-301-for-iphone-%e2%80%94-with-bug-fixes-%e2%80%94-now-in-the-app-store/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/facebook-301-for-iphone-%e2%80%94-with-bug-fixes-%e2%80%94-now-in-the-app-store/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:15:53 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/facebook-301-for-iphone-%e2%80%94-with-bug-fixes-%e2%80%94-now-in-the-app-store/

[The iPhone Blog] Facebook 3.0.1 for iPhone [Free - iTunes link], which fixes some of the bugs found in visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/09/01/facebook-301-for-iphone-%e2%80%94-with-bug-fixes-%e2%80%94-now-in-the-app-store/feed/ Touch Podium: No Longer For Sale, What The Future Has in Store http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/touch-podium-no-longer-for-sale/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/touch-podium-no-longer-for-sale/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:28:09 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/?p=5407

Touch Podium regulars, and new comers alike may have noticed a newly added sentence along the lines of “This websites has been put up for sale on so-and-so.” Well, I am happy to inform that I’ve had a change of heart, and Touch Podium is here to stay.

Not only am I NOT selling the website and all of its … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/touch-podium-no-longer-for-sale/feed/ Why AT&T Can’t Keep Up With iPhone Data Demand http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/why-att-cant-keep-up-with-iphone-data-demand/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/why-att-cant-keep-up-with-iphone-data-demand/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:09:09 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/why-att-cant-keep-up-with-iphone-data-demand/


As has been discussed here ad nauseum, AT&T’s network has been stressed by the iPhone. Since the users of Apple’s device tend to use the internet more than … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/why-att-cant-keep-up-with-iphone-data-demand/feed/ Apple Resellers Report iPod Stocks Dwindling, All SKUs Being Discontinued http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/apple-resellers-report-ipod-stocks-dwindling-all-skus-being-discontinued/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/apple-resellers-report-ipod-stocks-dwindling-all-skus-being-discontinued/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:06:10 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/apple-resellers-report-ipod-stocks-dwindling-all-skus-being-discontinued/

Ars Technica reports that Apple resellers are currently reporting low stocks of most iPod models, and no additional shipments of the existing models … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/apple-resellers-report-ipod-stocks-dwindling-all-skus-being-discontinued/feed/ Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/rumor-apple-may-be-working-on-xl-tablets-running-full-mac-os-x/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/rumor-apple-may-be-working-on-xl-tablets-running-full-mac-os-x/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:05:45 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/rumor-apple-may-be-working-on-xl-tablets-running-full-mac-os-x/


This one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13″ and 15″ models, one running Mac OS X.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/rumor-apple-may-be-working-on-xl-tablets-running-full-mac-os-x/feed/ FCC Releases TomTom For iPhone Data http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/fcc-releases-tomtom-for-iphone-data/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/fcc-releases-tomtom-for-iphone-data/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:05:12 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/fcc-releases-tomtom-for-iphone-data/

We may be getting closer to a hardware version of hands-free navigation for iPhone users. The FCC has released several documents plus photos of a planned … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/fcc-releases-tomtom-for-iphone-data/feed/ Speech to Text Coming To iPhone? http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/speech-to-text-coming-to-iphone/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/speech-to-text-coming-to-iphone/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:02:48 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/speech-to-text-coming-to-iphone/

According to a patent filing, Apple is working on speech-to-text technology for its iPhone and iPod product lines. … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/speech-to-text-coming-to-iphone/feed/ Dropbox App for iPhone Submitted for App Store Approval http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/dropbox-app-for-iphone-submitted-for-app-store-approval/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/dropbox-app-for-iphone-submitted-for-app-store-approval/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:00:44 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/dropbox-app-for-iphone-submitted-for-app-store-approval/

That little sketch above, from the Dropbox Blog post on this, is exactly how I felt when I spotted this news. Dropbox’s iPhone app has been submitted to the App Store – last week – and is just awaiting approval.

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]]> http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/30/dropbox-app-for-iphone-submitted-for-app-store-approval/feed/ Funny iPhone Commercial Spoof http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/29/funny-iphone-commercial-spoof/ http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/29/funny-iphone-commercial-spoof/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:59:05 +0000 Jody Mitoma http://www.touchpodium.com/2009/08/29/funny-iphone-commercial-spoof/ Have a look at this.

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